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Schuenemeyer Family collection
Collection Summary
Title
Schuenemeyer Family collection
Date
1796 - 2002
Extent
2 archival boxes
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, MO
Reference code: MGC 1085-SFC
Processed by: Cory L. Johnson, 2016; finding aid created by Cory L. Johnson, 2016
Names of Creators
Denniston, Ivon
Denniston, Selma Schuenemeyer
Biographical History
Selma Schuenemeyer was born on May 3, 1924 in Syracuse, Nebraska. She married Ivon Denniston in
St. Louis, Missouri in 1948. Selma was part of the extended Schuenemeyer family, who settled in the
Woollam, Missouri area in Gasconade County. While she and Ivon eventually settled in Texas, Selma
retained a keen interest in family and genealogy, regularly visiting her Missouri cousins and searching
for abandoned cemeteries containing family resting places. She and Ivon took an interest in traveling,
and their journeys are well documented. They had one daughter, Diane (known as Dee) in 1952. The
chronology of the collection ends not long after Dee’s wedding in 1982, so it is likely Selma left this
collection of family history to Dee when she began her own family.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of documents and photographs of the Schuenemeyer family and extended
relations. It is organized into 2 series. Series 1 contains documents pertaining to various members of
the extended Schuenemeyer family. Included are some photographs of particular family members. The
series is further divided into the following subseries, arranged by date. Series 2 largely consists of
photographs of the collection’s creators, Ivon and Selma Denniston. There are also photographs
pertaining to various members of the extended Schuenemeyer family and their activities. The series is
further divided into the following subseries, arranged by date and then alphabetically.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 2 series:
Box 1
Series 1 – Documents (1796 – 2002)
Subseries 1 – Schuenemeyer/Wilkens branch (1796 - 1938)
Folder 1 – Schuenemeyer, Christian and Marie (Grothaus) 1796
Folder 2 – Schuenemeyer, Claus and Anna (Oterson) 1800
Folder 3 – Wilkens, Henry and Gesine (Schuenemeyer) 1832
Folder 4 – Schuenemeyer, Christian and Meta (Boettcher) 1845
Folder 5 – Kruse, John and Margaretha (Rust) 1846
Folder 6 – Schuenemeyer, Herman and Alana (Biehle) 1858
Folder 7 – Lahmeyer, Dick and Catherine (Wilkens) 1859
Folder 8 – Wilkens, Henry and Gesina (Biehle) 1869
Folder 9 – Hanne, August and Marie (Wilkens) 1873
Folder 10 – Thomann, Oscar and Hattie (Schuenemeyer) 1882
Folder 11 – Kruse, Fred and Emma (Wilkens) 1883
Folder 12 – Schuenemeyer, Louis and Clara (Carver) 1883
Folder 13 – Schuenemeyer, Franklin and Lydia (Wilkens) 1883
Folder 14 – Schalk, August and Ella (Hanne) 1900
Folder 15 – Kreutzer, John and Pearl (Schuenemeyer) 1901
Folder 16 – Kruse, Joy and Mabel (Wellman) 1911
Folder 17 – Schuenemeyer, Lee and Dorothy (Hale) 1912
Folder 18 – Von Behren, Clarence and Florence (Thomann) 1913
Folder 19 – Schuenemeyer, Neal and Ruby (Hollick) 1914
Folder 20 – Andrews, Leonard and Lucile (Schuenemeyer) 1914
Folder 21 – Garner, E. F. and Muriel (Schuenemeyer) 1914
Folder 22 – Denniston, Ivon and Selma (Schuenemeyer) 1915
Folder 23 – Kruse, Virgil and Leila (Liesemeyer) 1916
Folder 24 – Kruse, Ernest and Veona (Vollertson) 1920
Folder 25 – Queckboerner, Jess and Dorothy (Schuenemeyer) 1921
Folder 26 – Schuenemeyer, Norman and Wanda (Stafford)/
Betty Ann (Gaskin) 1938
Subseries 2 – Unknown Connections (1813 – 1871)
Folder 1 – “Seba” 1813
Folder 2 – Boettcher, Wichmann and Margaretha (Unknown) 1828
Folder 3 – Boettcher, George and Christine (Michels) 1860
Folder 4 – Boettcher Herman and Caroline (Strehlman) 1867
Folder 5 – Mellies, Edward and Lydia (Unknown) 1871
Subseries 3 – Wellensiek/Wilkens branch (1814 – 1889)
Folder 1 – Wellensiek, Johann and Margaretha (Kramer)/Marie (Mueller) 1814
Folder 2 – Wellensiek, Herman and Louise (Brandt) 1844
Folder 3 – Wilkens, Herman and Maria (Wellensiek)/Frieda (Finke)/Mary (Frank)
1864
Folder 4 – Schact, Edward and Ella (Wilkens) 1889
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Subseries 4 – Boettcher/Schuenemeyer branch (1815 – 1908)
Folder 1 – Boettcher, Casten and Gesche (Dreuchor) 1815
Folder 2 – Boettcher, George and Anna (Renken) 1857
Folder 3 – Schulte, Lee and Wilhelmina (Schuenemeyer) 1880
Folder 4 – Boettcher, John and Sophia (Abel) 1885
Folder 5 – Boettcher, William and Olinda (Finke) 1887
Folder 6 – Liles, Charles and Ruth (Schulte) 1904
Folder 7 – Garner, Claude and Esther (Schulte) 1908
Subseries 5 – Miscellaneous Documents (1878 – 2002)
Folder 1 – Real Estate Documentation (1878 – 1934)
Folder 2 – Woollam Methodist Church (1896)
Folder 3 – Personal Correspondence (1905 – 2002)
Folder 4 – Maps
Box 2
Series 2 – Photographs (1880s – 1986)
Subseries 1 – Schuenemeyer and Extended Family (1880s – 1986)
Folder 1 – Schuenemeyer 1880s – 1986
Folder 2 – Family 1979 – 1982
Folder 3 – Family 1983 – 1984
Subseries 2 – Ivon and Selma Denniston and Family (1930s – 1985)
Folder 1 – Denniston, Ivon and Selma 1930’s – 1945
Folder 2 – Denniston, Ivon and Selma 1947
Folder 3 – Denniston, Ivon and Selma 1948
Folder 4 – Denniston, Ivon and Selma 1949 – 1955
Folder 5 – Denniston, Ivon and Selma 1962 – 1966
Folder 6 – Denniston, Ivon and Selma 1967 – 1975
Folder 7 – Friends and Neighbors 1943 – 1981
Folder 8 – Homes 1948 – 1976
Folder 9 – Denniston, Diane 1952 – 1954
Folder 10 – Denniston, Diane 1955
Folder 11 – Denniston, Diane 1956 – 1959
Folder 12 – Denniston, Diane 1960 – 1970
Folder 13 – Denniston, Diane 1971 – 1982
Folder 14 – Pets 1952 – 1983
Folder 15 – Vehicles 1962 – 1983
Folder 16 – Travel 1971 – 1981
Folder 17 – Travel 1982
Folder 18 – Travel 1983
Folder 19 – Travel 1984
Folder 20 – Travel 1985
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Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Records within this collection are housed in file folders.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are mostly in English, with a few documents in German.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Catherine Zook.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Information found within collection
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